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1981
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Overview

Fabio Rocca is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy, specializing in engineering with a focus on aerospace engineering. Their research encompasses a variety of subfields, notably atmospheric science, environmental engineering, and information systems and management. The main areas of study center on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technologies, covering both applications and advanced imaging techniques.

The scientist's work addresses topics such as Synthetic Aperture Radar Applications and Techniques, Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Radar Systems and Signal Processing, Antenna Design and Optimization, and Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics.

Fabio Rocca has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine
  • IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Pietro Guccione
  • Andrea Monti Guarnieri
  • Davide Giudici
  • Timo Balz
  • Ramon F. Hanssen

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Fabio Rocca include:

  • "Radar Interferometry: 20 Years of Development in Time Series Techniques and Future Perspectives" (2020), published in Remote Sensing
  • "Along-Track Multistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar Formations of Minisatellites" (2020), published in Remote Sensing
  • "Reproducibility and Replicability in SAR Remote Sensing" (2020), published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • "Compact and Free-Floating Satellite MIMO SAR Formations" (2021), published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "Paradigm Changes in Surface-Motion Estimation From SAR: Lessons From 16 Years of Sino-European Cooperation in the Dragon Program" (2020), published in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine

The research outputs reflect a focus on satellite-based radar technologies, signal processing systems, and the implications of SAR for earth observation in diverse environments including polar regions. This body of work contributes to both theoretical frameworks and practical applications in aerospace engineering and environmental monitoring.

Best Publications

  • Permanent scatterers in SAR interferometry

    A. Ferretti;C. Prati;F. Rocca

  • Nonlinear subsidence rate estimation using permanent scatterers in differential SAR interferometry

    A. Ferretti;C. Prati;F. Rocca

  • A New Algorithm for Processing Interferometric Data-Stacks: SqueeSAR

    A. Ferretti;A. Fumagalli;F. Novali;C. Prati

  • SAR data focusing using seismic migration techniques

    C. Cafforio;C. Prati;F. Rocca

  • The wavenumber shift in SAR interferometry

    F. Gatelli;A.M. Guamieri;F. Parizzi;P. Pasquali

  • The BIOMASS mission: Mapping global forest biomass to better understand the terrestrial carbon cycle

    T. Le Toan;S. Quegan;M.W.J. Davidson;Heiko Balzter

  • Monitoring landslides and tectonic motions with the Permanent Scatterers Technique

    Carlo Maria Colesanti;Carlo Maria Colesanti;Alessandro Ferretti;Alessandro Ferretti;Claudio Maria Prati;Claudio Maria Prati;Fabio Rocca;Fabio Rocca

  • SAR monitoring of progressive and seasonal ground deformation using the permanent scatterers technique

    C. Colesanti;A. Ferretti;F. Novali;C. Prati

  • Dynamics of Slow-Moving Landslides from Permanent Scatterer Analysis

    George E. Hilley;Roland Bürgmann;Alessandro Ferretti;Fabrizio Novali

  • Submillimeter Accuracy of InSAR Time Series: Experimental Validation

    A. Ferretti;G. Savio;R. Barzaghi;A. Borghi

  • Signal/noise separation and velocity estimation

    W. S. Harlan;J. F. Claerbout;F. Rocca

  • Methods for measuring small displacements of television images

    C. Cafforio;F. Rocca

  • Space geodesy: Subsidence and flooding in New Orleans

    Timothy H. Dixon;Falk Amelung;Alessandro Ferretti;Fabrizio Novali

  • InSAR Principles-Guidelines for SAR Interferometry Processing and Interpretation

    Alessandro Ferretti;Andrea Monti-Guarnieri;Claudio Prati;Fabio Rocca

  • Compensation of tissue absorption in emission tomography

    S. Bellini;M. Piacentini;C. Cafforio;F. Rocca

  • Multibaseline Polarimetric SAR Tomography of a Boreal Forest at P- and L-Bands

    S. Tebaldini;F. Rocca

  • Multibaseline InSAR DEM reconstruction: the wavelet approach

    A. Ferretti;C. Prati;F. Rocca

  • The European Space Agency BIOMASS mission: Measuring forest above-ground biomass from space

    Shaun Quegan;Thuy Le Toan;Jerome Chave;Jorgen Dall

  • Modeling Interferogram Stacks

    F. Rocca

  • GEOMETRICAL OPTICS AND WAVE THEORY OF CONSTANT OFFSET SECTIONS IN LAYERED MEDIA

    S.M. Deregowski;F. Rocca

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio Prati
Claudio Prati Polytechnic University of Milan
Stefano Tebaldini
Stefano Tebaldini Polytechnic University of Milan
Thuy Le Toan
Thuy Le Toan Paul Sabatier University
Nazzareno Pierdicca
Nazzareno Pierdicca Sapienza University of Rome
Lars M. H. Ulander
Lars M. H. Ulander Chalmers University of Technology
Frank S. Marzano
Frank S. Marzano Sapienza University of Rome
Klaus Scipal
Klaus Scipal European Space Agency
Mingsheng Liao
Mingsheng Liao Wuhan University
Jérôme Chave
Jérôme Chave Paul Sabatier University
Umberto Spagnolini
Umberto Spagnolini Polytechnic University of Milan

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